Business, Economics, and Literature
Syllabus
This reading schedule is intended to be suggestive, not prescriptive. In the event we find that we need to spend more time on a text/film than originally allocated, we can adjust our syllabus accordingly. You should also know that one of the signs of a good class discussion is that we will not have time to address all the reading that has been assigned for a certain day. Let’s proceed with the understanding that this class, like life (and economic systems) is a set of contingencies. I will announce at the end of each class what specific portion of a text we will be discussing closely for the following session. Please stay tuned!
Please check out the resources links at the bottom of this page.
Short Fiction
| Week 1–3 |
No Strange Bedfellows: Literature & Economics Life and Labor in Victorian England
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| Week 4–5 |
Muckraking Journalism, Immigration, and Labor Reform in the United States
**** NOTEBOOKS DUE (1) AT THE END OF WEEK 4 **** |
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| Week 6-8 |
From the Roaring Twenties to The Great Depression
**** NOTEBOOKS DUE (2) AT THE END OF WEEK 8 **** |
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| Week 9–10 |
Left Behind in the (Postwar) U.S. Economy
**** NOTEBOOKS DUE (3) AT THE END OF WEEK 11 **** |
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| Week 11–13 |
Liquid Gold as Global Resource—The New Economy in Asia
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| Week 14 |
The Housing Bubble and Stock Market in Film
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| Week 15 |
Close to Home: Resources and Mass Tourism in the National Parks
Commercials Then and Now: From "Advertising" to Algorithmic Nano-Targeting
**** PAPER DUE (post-taxes) **** |
Final Exam Review and Final Exam:
- Below please find select useful websites on Literature & Economics. This is a collection in process, as every site (or ecomomic system) must be. Please stay tuned! :)
- , => (1906), (1906)
- , ,
- ? (2015)
- Joseph Stiglitz, , The Economist
- , The Atlantic
- Schumpeter, (The Economist 2011)
- Tim Wu, (2016)
- Maureen Corrigan, "." (NPR)
- Stephen Poole, (NYT 2016)
- William Davies, , (The Conversation, 2/2017)
- Gary Belsky, (NYT, 4/2017)
- Kadim Shubber,Here Come The Influencers (Financial Times, 5/2017)
- - Joseph Pieper, David Steindl-Rast, Theodor Adorno, Margaret Mead (brainpickings, 1/2018)
- (The Con, 12/17)
- (MoMA, 3 Oct 2010 - 3 Jan 2011)
- (The Con, 2/18)
- (The Con, 4/18)
- (The Con, 7/18)
- I-V (NYT, 11-12/18)
- (The Con, 1/19)
- (Ozy, 1/19)
- (The Con 2/19)
- (NYT, 5/19)
- (The Con, 10/20)
Last updated, 12 October 2020